Barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing · Illinois

Cantarero Wauconda

Wauconda, IL · ~27 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cantarero Wauconda runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cantarero Wauconda: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cantarero Wauconda safety composite

Cantarero Wauconda scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2020→2024

Cantarero Wauconda injury rate improved

Cantarero Wauconda's TCR fell 1.6 from 4.2 in 2020 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.2 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Wauconda, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #12/42
  • PHOTO Jackson,MS - 239
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jackson,MS - 239 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cantarero Wauconda in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Cantarero Wauconda averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Cantarero Wauconda TCR series: 2020=4.2 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Cantarero Wauconda falls in its industry

952 Barrels, wood, coopered, manuf establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 42 Barrels, wood, coopered, manuf employers in Illinois.

Cantarero Wauconda (27 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Cantarero Wauconda
Cantarero Wauconda (27 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Cantarero Wauconda has fewer employees than the Barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2021 8.6 4.3 2 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · IL · Wauconda

952 Barrels, wood, coopered, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 46 employers in Wauconda, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Jackson,MS - 239 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pallet Exchange Co., Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nefab Packaging South East, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kane Logistics - Aurora 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE C070 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-R&D 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomington 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Synergy Flavors, Inc. 224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Acres Group - Wauconda facility 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berger Excavating Contractors 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wauconda, IL 157 FTE
NAT-TCR SDF1 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR R21 Delmar MD-DE 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jolly Roofing & Contracting Nashville Warehouse 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0062 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Engineered Specialties, LLC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Propane 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE ChemDAQ Inc 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Police Department 27 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.